Example sentences of "and [adv] [adv] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So ‘ fit ’ and so well adapted were they , and so successfully did they dominate their terrestrial environment , that they survived for 140 million years . |
| 2 | Following some reluctance to become involved in air pollution control , the federal government opted for a research role in 1955 and only slowly did it begin to intervene with the control policies adopted by the states . |
| 3 | When dreaming we are the spectators of an unfolding drama , and only rarely does one have the impression of being in control . |
| 4 | They have little or no sexual contact and only rarely do they express their feelings for each other . |
| 5 | They have little or no sexual contact and only rarely do they express their feelings for each other . |
| 6 | Pagan Greek literature does not have the phrase at all , and only twice do we find it in the Old Testament . |
| 7 | In my view this restaurant 's three year old is a model of good behaviour : his tantrums are rare and only once did he complain about a lack of attention by peeing on the floor right between my feet and his mother 's . |
| 8 | I get all dolled up for a party and then I look at myself in the mirror and suddenly chicken out , put my jeans on , ruffle up my hair , and only then do I feel comfortable . ’ |
| 9 | And when you do have to grumble about something , they are always asked ‘ is this fair ’ , ‘ did you do this ? ’ and only then do you jump . |
| 10 | To his dismay , she wept and only then did he hear of the plan with which she had gone to Mrs Browning . |
| 11 | She made Terry try it on , take it off , changed something else , and finally , at gone midnight , she had done all that she could do , and only then did she allow Terry to look at herself in the mirror . |
| 12 | Generally the more expensive books would have gone already and only occasionally did I have to spend more than £5 , often far less . |
| 13 | And only sometimes do they focus on legislation . ’ |
| 14 | There was something enthralling about this scene , the three girls in the circle of insect-laden light , so that I had n't wondered what she was doing and only now did I realise that the girl was a fortune-teller . |
| 15 | Yes , he had been to the Tower himself several times but did not like it there and still less did he like exposing himself in the Waste . |
| 16 | The knowledge of it caused a strange mixture of pride and jealousy , love and hatred , which troubled him and even now made him stay his hand before announcing his decision . |
| 17 | ‘ Being a dancer it would be sacrilege to have worked your whole life and then just let it go . |
| 18 | He always did it for a while and then just let it ride to see what happened , but all of a sudden ( it 's amazing — I 've seen it happen several times ) he gets out of bed one morning and says , ‘ Right , I 'm going to do something about it — it 's not moving fast enough for me ’ . |
| 19 | and then lo , look at it and then just do it like that . |
| 20 | And then little did he know when he used to leave them in the house , in the back yard , that we 'd been pinching some of them . |
| 21 | Use a sunscreen with a SPF greater than 10 from 6 months onwards , and then only let them stay in the sun for short periods . |
| 22 | And they found one tent which had been King Yucef 's ; never man saw so noble a thing as that tent was ; and there were great riches therein , and there also did they find Alvar Salvadores , who had been made prisoner the yesterday , as ye have heard . |
| 23 | ‘ T-t-two s-sevens are f-f-fourteen , ’ gasped Rupert , whereupon the Trunchbull , true to her word , opened her hand and quite literally let him go . |
| 24 | And too late do they discover that the flame burns and is lethal . |
| 25 | And never again did she make the same mistake . |
| 26 | Dom Grossard further informs us that ‘ He could tell at once which grapes were from which vineyards and would say , ‘ The wine of that vineyard must be married with the wine of that one ’ , and never once did he make a mistake . ’ |